Saturday, 24 January 2015

What's to be done with an angel who breaks the rules? Until then passion had lived only on the page- Jane Austen hasn't written a creative word in months. She secretly fears she may not have it in her to write a single word more about love. Yet when the mysterious Michael Grace appears on her doorstep, she's cast into a world of emotion beyond even her wildest imaginings. Though she fears he might be a spy, she enlists his help to find her friend's fiancee, missing in the Peninsular War. But Michael isn't what he seems, and the passion and doubts he ignites turn everything Jane trusts upside down. What Jane doesn't know is that her mystery man is an angel. One who's never failed to get what he goes after. Some rules just beg to be broken- It's not easy being a bad-boy angel and Michael is paying the penalty. Demoted to working undercover in a sleepy English village, he's chafing to launch the dangerous mission he's been sent to command. But when he meets Jane, he's irresistibly drawn to her, even though involvement with her could jeopardize her life and his status as an angel. When Lucifer tries to use Jane as a pawn in his vile schemes, Michael discovers that fighting the forces of darkness is nothing compared to the challenge of telling Jane the truth. Can the angel who's never lost a battle win the heart of a woman who's afraid of love?

Thursday, 22 January 2015

I’m honored to be here at My Jane Austen Book Club to discuss my latest
book. Thank you so much, Maria Grazia! I’ve been looking forward to sharing this story
with Jane Austen fan fiction readers for quite a while. It’s very different
from anything I have written thus far and that’s what makes it so near and dear
to my heart.

Lady Elizabeth is a story full of
twists and turns, the greatest being Elizabeth’s true identity. Heartrending at
times, this Pride and Prejudice
‘what-if’ story has its fair share of heart-warming sentiments as well.

The first of two books in the Everything Will Change Series, Lady Elizabeth promises a happy for now
ending. The second book in the series is titled So Far Away. It will be available in late winter 2015.

P. O. Dixon

The Book

Lady Elizabeth: Everything Will Change (Book One)

Elizabeth lives a charmed life ... or so it seems. Despite her noble relations
and all the wealth and privileges entailed, there's something missing.

Sunday, 11 January 2015

Thank you
Maria Grazia for hosting me on your blog! It is always a pleasure. I thought I would
share a part of my new book, To Refine Like Silver, that I adore and always makes me giggle. In this
scene, Darcy and Elizabeth both end up in the same bookshop in Lambton. Mr.
Darcy and Georgiana had been loaned a book of thoughts by Elizabeth and he
began to see the benefit of writing his confusing thoughts down. This is the
afternoon after the ball at Pemberley where Darcy realized that he loved
Elizabeth and also where he made the decision to pursue her. Up to that point,
he kept trying to talk himself out of it. Here it is.

*****

“Good
afternoon, Miss Elizabeth. What brings you to the Lambton bookshop today?”

“My aunt has come to Lambton to do
some shopping, and I asked her to drop me off here. I could not think of a
better way to pass the time than to peruse a bookshop. What brings you here?”

He lifted the journal. “I suppose my
purpose is the same as yours.”

She reached for the book he had in
his hand and asked, “But what have you found that you do not already own?” She
flipped through the blank, lined pages and looked with surprised eyes at him.
“It is blank. What do you need a blank book for?”

“I have been doing a lot of thinking
lately. Some of my thoughts are circulating through my mind, confusing and
elusive, while others are well-formed ideas. Either way, I find I am in need of
writing them down.”

Sunday, 4 January 2015

I want to thank Maria Grazia for hosting me on her blog for my new book, “Pride, Prejudice, and Secrets,” as she did last year for “Consequences.” To begin with, this novel is a variation on “Pride and Prejudice,” as were my previous two efforts, in that I try to portray what might have happened if a particular decision or even happened differently. After that point, I try to keep the characters as true to those Austen portrayed as possible. For example, I would have difficulty writing a variation in which Elizabeth Bennet married George Wickham; it just wouldn’t work for me, for my inner characterization of her would make such an event impossible. If she would refuse both Mr. Collins and Darcy, then I can conceive of no way she would ever marry Wickham. I know other authors have taken that path, and, if they made it work, they’re better writers than I am.

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I've been an English teacher for a long time now and a blogger for more than 5 years. I love classic literature, reading, theatre, period drama, art and that is what I usually write about on FLY HIGH and My Jane Austen Book Club. I'd love to hear from you! Leave your comments to my posts or send e-mail messages to learnonline.mgs@gmail.com.